Posted by Racer on April 8, 2006, at 19:28:45
In reply to Would you listen to this doctor? Help please!!!!!!, posted by qbsbrown on April 6, 2006, at 20:05:20
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> She is being strict with me because i told her that i'm bad at taking meds, stopping, starting, and switching all the time. So i get that. But now she refuses to budge or alter, especially if it comes from me, because she just sees it as obsessions.
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> The PDOC refuses to treat me unless i follow her strict orders for 6 months.
>While I do understand your concerns, I think you may have explained what's going on just by what you've written above: your doctor is being strict with you because you've told her that you're bad about taking meds. I'd bet that when she says you have to follow her orders for 6 months, she isn't saying stay on this particular combo for the whole time -- only that you follow her directions for the whole period.
And I think it would be good for you to give her a chance. What if all this that's going on for you right is really *is* "just obsessions?" What if she's on the track to getting you feeling so good you want to dance an Irish jig down the street? (And if you do this, give me a call. I'd like to watch. :-) ) What if this doctor really does know what she's doing?
Believe me, I know it's hard, sometimes. I've had a lot of trouble the past few years, and I don't think the doctors I've seen have really understood how bad it can be. I won't go into details, but it's taken a lot to stay on a couple of medications long enough to give them a fair trial. But there's no way to find out if a medication is going to help unless one stays on it long enough for it to kick in.
It really does help to trust your doctor won't try to keep you on a drug that's really awful. (That's really why I left my last pdoc. He wouldn't communicate with my T, and didn't believe me when I told him a drug wasn't working for me. He'd talk about raising the dose when I was saying I needed to stop it.) I don't quite trust the pdoc I'm seeing now, but she *has* done something helpful for me, which maybe you could talk to your pdoc about: she tells me what the next option will be ahead of time, which helps me stay on what we're trying. (And she talks to my T...) She does want me to stay on almost anything for at least 4 weeks before giving up, but it's a heck of a lot easier to do that knowing that there's something else if this doesn't work.
So, here's my dissenting opinion:
Give this pdoc a chance. Next time you see her, or even via mail before your next visit, let her know that you're wound up about this, and ask her if she can try to help you get through it, maybe by telling you what her thinking is about why one drug or another is a good choice, and what she thinks will be next on the hit parade. Just explain that you think it will help you stay compliant with the meds regimen she prescribes. Or ask your T to talk to her, for you, about all this.
Good luck.
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